Cowboys & Indians: You cowrote, directed, and star in the upcoming movie Corsicana, a fictional story that incorporates a real life historic character — Bass Reeves. Do you remember when you first became aware of him in your own life?
I was 56. From 1976 to 1980 growing up in Houston before I graduated, I had overheard many of my neighbors, mostly law enforcement, talk about Bass Reeves. But they were Caucasian. They talked about Bass Reeves but they]. And [when] I read the book, I said, “what?”
